Work & commute · Lynden

Work & commute in Lynden, WA

About one in 4 of Lynden’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Bellingham (23%), Seattle (5%) and Ferndale (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

1,586 of 6,543 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,957 Lynden residents head out of town to work, 1,586 work right here, and 4,552 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lynden.

4,957live here, work elsewhere

1,586live and work here

4,552work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lynden goes to work

Lynden (in town)right here

24%1,586

Bellingham13.6 mi away

23%1,487

Seattle92.1 mi away

5%297

Ferndale9 mi away

4%258

Blaine13.5 mi away

2%136

Everett69.4 mi away

1%82

Custer8.6 mi away

1%82

Mount Vernon37.4 mi away

1%80

Bellevue94.5 mi away

1%69

Marietta-Alderwood12.1 mi away

1%66

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%2,400

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Lynden commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

40%

33%

23%

40%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lynden is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lynden are

6,138 jobs are based in Lynden. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lynden’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lynden

6,138 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Lynden residents hold

6,543 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+36%

Jobs based in Lynden, 2013 → 2023: 4,517 → 6,138. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.